Car bell strap



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, OAR BELL STRAP. No. 385,337. Patented July 3, 1888.

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GAR BELL STRAP.

No. 385,337. Patenfed'July s, 1888.

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CAR-BELL. STRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 385,337, dated July 3, 1888.

Application filed July 21, 1887.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osEPI-I ARMAND, asubject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Car Bell Straps,of which the following isa specification.

The invention consists in the combination, with a stationary tube extending through the whole length of a car, supported by and projeeting outwardly beyond the end walls thereof, and a rod within the bore of said tube extending through its wholelength and movable therein, of pulleys mounted 011 said tube havmg each a screw passing through a transverse slot in said tube, and connecting said pulleys with said interior rod to turn the same within said tube, when said pulleys are turned, through the length of said transverse slot, mechanism connecting said rod with bells fixed on each end of said ear to ring said bells, and means for turning said pulleys, substantially as hereinafter described.

The invention also consists in the details of drawings, hereinafter described, and eventually pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 is an illustration of my invention, partly in elevation and partly in section. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional illustration of one of the pulleys, the said stationary tube, and the interior rod. Fig. 3 is a detail view illustrating one of said pulleys and the mechanism by which the same is turned. Fig. 4 is a detail V view illustrating the mechanism connecting the said interior rod and the bell on the end of the car.

A single tube of any suitable metal and of convenient thickness, (designated by a,)is fixed above the windows near the side wall in a car, so that it extends through the whole length of the car and projects outwardly beyond the ends f f of the car. Within this tube, extending through its whole length, is placed the rod b. This rod bis of such size as to be easily movable in said tube. Within the car and at convenient distances apart are mounted pulleys c 0. Under each of these pulleys is a transverse slot out through the tube a, (designated by 1'). Through this slot 1-,aud fastening the pulley 0 to the rod 1), is the screw 8, asillustrated by c r sof Figs. 2 and 1. Over each pulof the car.

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ley c the ropes 71, to which are attached the tassels 7c, are wound one way, the ropes h, to which are attached the tassels 7c, arewound round the pulleys c the other way, each rope passing over a pulley, q, and hanging down by the window in reach of the passengers. At either end out side of the car, for the convenience of the driver and conductor, are mounted the pulleys e e, which are constructed and used similarly to the pulleys c c, being attached by screws through a slot in the tube a to the inner rod, b, and operated by ropes l and ring Z. A smaller wheel or hub is mounted on the tube to outside of the pulleys e e, and is also, by means of a slot and screw, such as is liereinbefore described, fastened to the inner rod, b.

The wheel or hub g carries an arm, a,which is pivoted to the arm n at x. This arm a is pivoted to one end of the lever a at y. This lever a is pivoted at gto the support 20, which is fastened to the metal plate 10. This plate w is fastened upon the outside of the end wall The other end of this lever a is pivoted to one end of the link 0 at z. The other end of this link 0 is pivoted to the shank of the clapper o. The clapper o is pivoted to the plate a, which is fastened on the outside of the end wall of the car. The spring 12, which is fastened to the plate aresting against the under side of the shank of the clapper 0, constantly tends by its resilience to hold the clapper away from the bell 19. When by pulling one of the cords h,h, orZ the rod bis turned, and turns the wheel or hubg with it. The wheel or hub 9 moves the arm n. This causes the arm a to move endwise and oscillate the lever n which, acting through the link 0, throws down the clapper 0 against the bell p, and, striking the bell, gives the signal. When the clapper 0 has struck the bell, the spring 1) instantly throws it away from the bell, and thus allows the bell to vibrate. On each end of the car is such a bell and the like mechanism, so arranged that the signal may be given at either end of the car, as hereinafter de scribed.

On the tube a, between the pulleys c c, are hung the handstraps i, the whole device to be as illustrated in the drawings.

WVhen the device has been placed in a car, as described, the tassels 7c khang, as aforesaid, down within reach of the passengers, they the other end when the ropes h are pulled.

pulling them themselves can signal the driver without interrupting the conductor. WVhen pulleys c are turned one way, the ropes h are unwound off them and the ropes h wound on the pulleys c, and the reverse occurs when the ropes h are pulled to move the pulleys in the opposite direction. The bell at one end of the car rings when the ropes h are pulled, and at The operation of the spring (I is to return the pulleys c c to their original position when they have been turned away by pulling the ropes h it. What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- The combination, with a stationary tube extending through the whole length of a car, supported by and projecting outwardly beyond the end walls thereof, and a rod within the bore of said tube extending through its whole length and movable therein, of pulleys mounted on said tube having each a screw passing through a transverse slot in said tube and connecting said pulleys with said interior rod to turn the same within said tube, when said pulleys are turned, through the length of said transverse slot, mechanism connecting said rod with bells fixed on each end of said car to ring said bells, and means for turning said pulleys, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

. JOSEPH ARMAND. Witnesses:

FREDK. W. RUBIEN, O. E. MCDONALD. 

